Not long after Ken crash-lands in the forest, he encounters his quarry: a ferocious white grand grizzly.

He even starts to find them cute.

He also encounters something far more lethal than the bears: a bus-sized white snake.

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The blue baby bear is still alive, and Ken vows to avenge its parents.

He contemplates his death until the revived snake is finished off … by Rose.

Turns out shes been watching the whole time, and the black bunny is her pet.

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Thus she knows everything hes done, and that he did good.

The snake was actually an unexpected relic of the last Demon King war.

Rose didnt expect him to defeat it by himself, as even a whole party would have trouble.

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The whole point was to learn how it felt to face off against a plainly superior adversary.

That he passed her test gives her hope theyll fare okay in the battles to come.

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Rating: 4/5 Stars